Fatal Myocarditis Associated with Acute Parvovirus B19 and Human Herpesvirus 6 Coinfection
- 1 December 2001
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 39 (12) , 4585-7
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.39.12.4585-4587.2001
Abstract
We report on the case of a healthy young boy who developed a fulminant myocarditis due to acute coinfection with erythrovirus (parvovirus B19) and human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) in the absence of an antiviral immune response. We suggest that the HHV-6-induced immunosuppression enhanced dissemination of parvovirus B19, which led to fatal myocarditis.Keywords
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